Foster grandparents sought in West Virginia program
West Virginia Commission on Aging recruits low income elderly volunteers in ten counties to mentor about 110 juvenile offenders. Ten volunteers will receive stipends and expenses for daily, one on one guidance at the Industrial Home for Girls in Salem and the West Virginia Forestry Camp for Boys in McDowell County funded by a 145 193 grant from ACTION.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Commission On Aging
Louise B. Gerrard
The
Commission On Aging
Salem
West Virginia
McDowell County
Action
Gerrard
Harrison, Doddrige
Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Barbour, Tucker, McDowell
Wyoming
Mercer Counties
Legion chief says South Vietnam crisis improving in Pacific tour
American Legion national commander John H. Geiger told West Virginia legionnaires the military situation in South Vietnam is improving. He cited renewed bombing of North Vietnam and harbor mining as factors and supported peace talks while urging inspections of military sites. A resolution urged a state paid Vietnam veteran bonus with a constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W.va
UPI
American Legion
John H. Geiger
West Virginia Legionnaires
South Vietnam
Geiger
Des Plaines
Ill
Far East
Pacific
North Vietnam
Legion
Peking
Moscow
Nixon
U.S
the Legion
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Search for plane continues over rugged West Virginia mountains
A missing Mooney Marc-10 with pilot Robert Vincent his wife and infant aboard is not yet found. The Civil Air Patrol leads an intensive search from Clarksburg to Martinsburg with ground and air personnel checking the northern county line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
UPI
Panhandle
Columbus
Ohio
Laurel
Junction City
Kan
Robert Vincent
Earl Hammack
West Virginia
Civil Air Patrol
Hammack
Clarksburg
Elkins
Martinsburg
West Virginia to Host Urban Waste at Stripped Mine Landfill
A state Health Department backed pilot would ship urban solid waste from WV and other states to a 175acre sanitary landfill on an orphaned strip mine in Great and Mineral counties. The plan aims to reclaim land while serving as a model commercial facility.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
State Health Department
West Virginia
Great and Mineral
Henry Mooman
Petersburg
Potomac River
Stoney River
Moomau
Potomac Engineering and Survey Co
Regional Resource Recovery Inc
Mooman
C. Raymond Lyons
Health Department
Lyons
J. Kenton Lambert
R. Tucker
Baltimore
Washington
Hans McCourt
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency
Judges rarely use inmate diagnostic center for pre sentence reports
West Virginia judges have used the Huttonsville Correctional Center for pre sentence evaluations since a March 11 law. Only 11 felons have been sent for tests from Brooke Preston Jefferson Webster and Wyoming counties with reports returning to courts to guide sentencing or probation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Huttonsville Correctional Center
West Virginia
Clifford Gordon
Diagnostic Center
Brooke
Preston
Jefferson
Webster
Wyoming
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National Limestone Institute
Washington, D.C
Harley O. Staggers
Richard A. (Dyke) Raese
Greer Steel Co
Harriett
Vietnam
Susman
Dem
Alan L. Susman
Raleigh
Democratic Party
William Watson
Beckley
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
SBA
Small Business Administration
Barbour
Berkeley
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Marshall
Monongalia
Monroe
Morgan
Wetzel
Statehouse
Gordon
Huttonsville
Kanawha
Fice
Harrison County
Stonewood Mountain
Alcohol Beverage Control
J. Richard Barber
Kanawha Valley
Daniel
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